BUFFON, Georges Louis Leclerc1766 Buffon Natural History ANIMALS Illustrated MONKEY Primate Evolution Zoology A Paris, : De l'Imprimerie royale., [1766]. First edition. - 1766 Buffon Natural History ANIMALS Illustrated MONKEY Primate Evolution Zoology "Virtually all the well-known writers of the Enlightenment were &#145;Buffonians&#146;" Ernst Mayer The monumental work by Comte de Buffon, &#147;Histoire Naturelle,&#148; was fascinating 18th-century collection of articles and encyclopedia entries on material sciences, physics, chemistry, technology, as well as the history of animals. Buffon wrote the volumes with the intent of addressing all of natural history, but after realizing the grandeur of the work, it focuses only minerals, birds, and quadrupeds. This popular fourteenth volume of the original set includes 41 full-page copper engravings. This particular volume is important because it has implication on the furthering of the theories of evolution. This volume features descriptions and illustrations of the following animals: monkeys, orangutans, gibbons, mandrills, malbrouck, talapoin, and many other primates. Item number: #483 Price: $ 750 BUFFON, Georges Louis Leclerc Histoire naturelle, generale et particuliere, : avec la description du cabinet du roy. A Paris, : De l'Imprimerie royale., [1766]. First edition. Details: &#149; Collation complete with all pages: [6], 411, [1] p., XLI leaves of plates o Includes &#145;general&#146; title page consistent with first editions. &#149; Binding: Leather; tight & secure &#149; Language: French &#149; Size: ~10in X 8in (25.5cm x 20cm) Our Guarantee: Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide. Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving, and we will offer a full refund without reservation! Photos available upon request. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

SALLE, Jean Baptiste de la.Les règles de la bien-seance et de la civilite' Chretienne. Divisées en deux parties. Pour l'instruction de la jeunesse. Rouen, François Oursel, 1729. 8vo. With ornamental woodcut on title-page. Main text in civilité type. Contemporary calf, gold-tooled spine. WorldCat (1 copy); not in Carter & Vervliet; Heltzel, Courtesy books in the Newberry Library; cf. Gumuchian 1766 (ca. 1800 Rouen ed.); Oberlé, La Bibl. Bleue 422 (1774 Rouen ed.). Rare early Rouen edition, in civilité type, of a famous French courtesy book by La Salle (1651-1719), teaching not only good manners and politeness in society but good and balanced conduct in all things, out of respect to oneself, one's neighbour and God: modesty, respect, unity and charity, all dependent on the context of time, place and person and presented as "Christian Courtesy." It covers all imaginable bodily actions. Probably first printed in 1716, La Salle's courtesy book remained in use by the Christian Brothers until 1880.Binding slightly rubbed, spine slightly damaged; old ink notes in a child's hand on first endpaper; slightly stained and thumbed. In good condition.

Desnos, Louis Charles.L' Afrique Dressee pour I' Etude de la Geographie. Paris: 1766 - Engraved map, slight outline coloring, decorative rococo boarder with landscape style, cartouche, 12" x 10.7". Decent margins, but bottom margin a little narrow, minor aging, light pencil notation in right margin; overall in excellent condition with a very strong impression. While the interior of the map doesn't show a substantial amount of geographical detail, this appears typical of the period. There are some large rivers and lakes that are identified. The Nile appears to rise from two small lakes in the Mts, de la Lune above the Equator. In the south there aren't a lot of places named, but there are still some tribal names present.

[AULNOY, Marie Catherine (la Mothe) Comtesse d']A COLLECTION OF NOVELS AND TALES OF THE FAIRIES. Written by that Celebrated Wit of France, the Countess D'Anois. In three Volumes... The Fifth Edition. Translated from the best Edition of the Original French, by several Hands. Three volumes, the first and third volumes, fifth editions; the second volume, a third edition.. Bound in full calf gilt with red and black labels. 12mo. Spines rubbed, worn and cracking, with some small loss at head and heels; small area of loss to the fore-edge of the title-page of volume one, and some light water-staining to the lower, outer edge for the first thirty pages; some water-staining to the same area of volume three, but affecting about half of the book; else a very good, clean set - the water-staining nowhere near as offensive as it might sound. This edition, in reduced form, was first published in 1721 in two volumes.

[Morgan, John, et al]FOUR DISSERTATIONS, ON THE RECIPROCAL ADVANTAGES OF A PERPETUAL UNION BETWEEN GREAT-BRITAIN AND HER AMERICAN COLONIES. WRITTEN FOR MR. SARGENT'S PRIZE-MEDAL. TO WHICH (BY DESIRE) IS PREFIXED, AN EULOGIUM... Philadelphia: William and Thomas Bradford, 1766. x,viii,12,[2],112pp. Contemporary calf, neatly rebacked, spine gilt, leather label. Corners rubbed, boards lightly scuffed. Minor foxing. One leaf torn, but neatly repaired at an earlier date. Very good. Dissertations given by students at the College of Philadelphia, today the University of Pennsylvania. "The dissertations are by John Morgan, Stephen Watts, Joseph Reed, and Francis Hopkinson. The Eulogium is by Provost William Smith. Mr. Sargent was a Bristol merchant who had given the money for the medal instead of making a contribution to the support of the college when asked by Smith during a fund-raising trip to England. Sargent specified that union with Great Britain was to be the topic of the dissertation" - Adams. Reasons for union include the continuance of good commerce and joy of common union with other Britons. One author does note, however, that should laws be passed "as would bear hard upon the liberty or property of the Colonies; this measure would doubtless have a natural tendency to sow the seeds of discontent." EVANS 10400. HILDEBURN 2213. AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE 40a. ESTC W20332.

DULANY Daniel OTIS SamuelConsiderations on the Propriety of Imposing Taxes 1766. First Edition . (AMERICAN REVOLUTION) (DULANY, Daniel). Considerations on the Propriety of Imposing Taxes in the British Colonies, for the Purpose of Raising a Revenue, by Act of Parliament. North-America Printed: London: Re-printed for J. Almon, 1766. Octavo, contemporary three-quarter brown calf, marbled boards, raised bands; pp. (vi), 1-81. Housed in a custom clamshell box. $2800.Extremely rare first English edition, from the same sheets as the first printing, of DulanyÂ’s immensely powerful argument against taxation without representationÂ—the Â“most significant and most influentialÂ” pamphlet opposing the 1765 Stamp ActÂ—with Benjamin Franklin, then in London, ordering Â“this to be printed in 500 copies,Â” very scarce in contemporary three-quarter brown calf.""Of all the controversial writings provoked in the American colonies by the passage of the Stamp Act, Dulany's Considerations on the Propriety of Imposing Taxes was undoubtedly the most significant and most influential"" (Alden, New England Quarterly XXII:705). Considerations was ""probably the most widely read and generally approved pamphlet produced in response to the Stamp Act"" (ANB), and fundamentally ""helped to put the colonies on the road to revolution"" (Johns, What Happened, 105-6). Dulany's opposition to the Stamp Act was later hailed by Woodrow Wilson as an eloquent ""case for the liberties of the colonies. ConsiderationsÂ… set up the true theory of the constitution of an empire"" (History of the American People III:87). Viewed as ""the most celebrated intellectual protest against the Stamp Act"" (Levy, First Emancipator, 21), Considerations proclaimed ""taxation without representation was a violation of the common law of England. His forceful arguments ranked foremost among the political writings of the period."" A respected Maryland lawyer who had been employed by Franklin several times, Dulany establishes ""the bounds of Parliament's authority with a lawyer-like regard for tradition and precedent. Other spokesmen for the colonial cause had already begun to argue in terms of the natural rights of man, but Dulany knew that however such arguments might appeal to Americans, they would carry small weight in the British Parliament. The question, as he saw it, did not hinge so much on natural rights as it did on constitutional rightsÂ… The gist of Dulany's whole argument was that taxation formed no part of the authority which Parliament enjoyed as the supreme power in the empire. Taxation was the function of representative bodies, and the only representative bodies in America were the colonial assemblies"" (Morgan, Stamp Act Crisis, 75-91). This is the important first English edition, printed from the same sheets as the first printing: ""Strahan account books record that Benjamin Franklin ordered this to be printed in 500 copies"" (Adams 76-6c). ""Second Edition"" stated on title page, corrected pagination of final text leaf. With rear page of publisher's advertisement. Preceded by the first American edition, published anonymously in Annapolis in October 1765. Adams 65-6c. Adams, Independence 29. Sabin 21170. ESTC T4070. See Adams 65-6b; Evans 9956-9960; ESTC T31541. Bookplate of the Library Company of Philadelphia with deaccession notation. Early inked notations to initial blank.Text generally fresh, minor edge-wear to boards. A highly desirable extremely good copy, very scarce in contemporary calf and marbled boards.

SCHAEFFER, JACOB C.Elementa Entomologica. 1766 - SCHAEFFER, JACOB C. . Elementa Entomologica. Regensburg: Gedruckt mit Weissischen Schriften, 1766. 4to. [186] p. 140 hand colored engraved plates on 72 leaves (of which 4 are printed on one side only). Text in Latin and German. Modern full calf, antique. Margins of first few leaves stained from turn-in of original binding, very minor occasional foxing, light old mildew stain on upper corners of binding, else a very good copy, with beautiful, clean plates. The rare first edition of this important German insect book. The beautifully engraved and colored plates include images of the collector's cabinet as well as his collecting apparatus. Only two imperfect copies of the first edition have sold at major auction within the last 35 years. Nissen, ZBI, 3626. [Attributes: First Edition]

JUDAICA] - [HEBREW MANUSCRIPT PRAYER-BOOK].Seder Berakhot [Order of blessings]. Order of Blessings for Meals. Occasional Blessings and the Order of Prayers. scribed [as beautifully as the printed books of] Amsterdam. F

Alembert, Jean Le Rond d'.Elemens de Musique Theorique et Pratique, suivant les Principes de M. RameauÃ¢Â&#128;Â¦ Chez Jean-Marie Bruyset,, Lyon: 1766 - 8vo, period mottled calf, spine tooled in gilt, raised bands, morocco lettering piece, marbled endpapers, 10 folding engraved plates, [4[, xxxvi, 236, [4] pp. Some wear to binding, marginal dampstains to plates at rear, slight aging; otherwise very good or better. Jean le Rond D' Alembert (1717-1783) was born in Paris and was a noted mathematician of the 18th century. His first work on integral calculus was published around 1738, and attracted the attention of the French Academy. Most of his mathematical works were published between 1743-1754. In the late 1740s he seems to have also taken up music theory. The current work is considered an important title on this subject, and is illustrated with 10 engraved plates of music. maths.tcd. # [Attributes: Hard Cover]

BARRINGTON, Daines :OBSERVATIONS ON THE STATUTES, Chiefly the More Ancient, From MAGNA CHARTA , to The Twenty-first of James the First, Ch. xxvii. With an Appendix; Being A Proposal for new modelling the Statutes. London, printed by W. Bowyer and J. Nichols, 1766.. SECOND EDITION, with corrections and additions, 1766. 4to, approximately, 270 x 200 mm, 10Â½ x 8 inches, pages: xii, [1]-444, [1] - errata, bound in full contemporary calf. Binding rubbed and slightly scuffed, hinges cracked and a little weak and still holding on the cords, small chip and slight wear to foot of spine, corners worn with board showing at tips, lacks title label, small repair to head of spine, top margin of title page repaired, not affecting text, pale age-browning and light spotting throughout, a few pages have a turning crease, old ink name on title page, book-plate to first pastedown, otherwise a very good copy. Daines Barrington held various legal offices, including marshall of the High Court of Admiralty, 1751-3; a judge of Great Sessions for North Wales (Anglesey, Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire) from 1757; Recorder of Bristol and King's Counsel from 1764; and second justice of Chester from 1778. Though considered by some (including Jeremy Bentham) to be an indifferent judge, his Observations on the Statutes, chiefly the more ancient, from Magna Charta to 21st James I (1766), had a high reputation among historians and constitutional antiquaries, Wikipedia; See: Sweet & Maxwell, Bibliography of English Law, Volume1, page 345; ESTC N12503. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

AnonMemorials and Letters Relating to the Glasgow - Robert and Andrew Foulis, The University of Glasgow 1766 - A scarce edition of thiscollection of letters and other writings 'published from the originals. The second edition, corrected and enlarged'. This fascinating work brings together lettersbetween King James and dignitaries of the time. With extensive and interesting ink annotationsby Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby and three time Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. With hisbookplate, showing the order of the garter encircling the family crest of the eagle and child. Edward Smith-Stanley was a British statesman and Prime Minister and to date the longest serving leader of the Conservative party. He is one of only four British Prime Ministers to have three or more separate periods of office. He was appointed a Knight of the Garter in 1859. Condition: Rebacked with original boards in a full calf binding. Externally, sound with some wear to extremities and marks to boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright with slight spotting and minor staining to some pages. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown and extensive early ink annotations to front and rear endpapers, blanks and dedication. Overall: VERY GOOD INDEED. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

Edward KimberThe HISTORY of ENGLAND, as well ECCLESIASTICAL as CIVIL from the EARLIEST PERIOD to the Close of the Twelfth Parliament of Great Britain together with the History of Scotland, Ireland and the Neighbouring Kingdoms and States; so far as is necessarily connected with the Affairs of this Nation. Also of the Settlement, Progress &c. of the British Empire in AMERICA, from the first Discovery to the Present Time. In which the Dawn of Learning, Arts and Sciences, and their gradual Increase, are particularly displayed: And the Sources of all the great EVENTS and CHANGES in these Kingdoms accounted for, with the strictest Impartiality.
Publication Date: 1766 First edition. 10 leather bound volumes. Vols 1 - 4: dated 1766. Vols 5 - 7: dated 1767. Vols 8, 9 and 10 are undated, as they are continuations (Vol 8's page numbers follow on from Vol 7 and page numbers in Vols 9 and 10 follow on from the preceding volume). Frontispiece to Vol 1: "Boadicea, Queen of the Iceni, haranguing the Ancient Britons " engraving by Samuel Wale (1721-1786) and Charles Grignion (1717-1810). Dedication addressed to the Right Hon. John, Earl and Viscount Ligonier. In his Preface, Kimber writes, 'I may, and perhaps with great show of reason, be accused of temerity in attempting to write an History of ENGLAND, after so many valuable and learned Men have seemingly exhausted the subject' and goes on to say, 'One main principle that has impelled me to this publication, is my desire to remove the clouds which party attachments, and bigotted heat, have thrown over the transactions, ecclesiastical as well as civil, of this country; as I have with much concern, observed the most respectable historians, even in this age of liberal enquiry has produced, too much tainted with the prejudices of, the secret bias to a particular set of men and opinions, or warped by some favourite views of fame or interest.' 8vo., Vol 1: title page, 480pp, plus Index to Vol 1; Vol. 2: title page, 472 pp; Vol. 3: title page, 477 pp; Vol. 4: title page, 484 pp; Vol. 5: title page, 480 pp; Vol. 6: title page, 510 pp; Vol. 7: title page, 544 pp; Vol. 8: title page, 568 pp; Vol. 9: no title page, pp 569 -1142; Vol. 10: no title page, pp 1143 - 1677, plus Index to Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Volumes. All vols bound in contemporary calf. Title on spine only in gilt on red band, with volume number beneath. Bookseller Inventory # 122

D'Anois, Countess [Aulnoy, Marie Catherine and others]A COLLECTION OF NOVELS AND TALES OF THE FAIRIES, WRITTEN BY THAT CELEBRATED WIT OF FRANCE, THE COUNTESS D'ANOIS. In Three Volumes.; Translated from the best Edition of the Original French, b y several Hands. London: Printed for J. Brotherton, R. Baldwin [&c.], 1749-1766. Three volumes. A mixed set: Vol I - Fifth Edition, 1766; Vol II - Third Edition, 1766; Vol III - Fourth Edition, 1749. Apparently trimmed and bound in 19th-century morocco and marbled boards; marbled endpapers, with some hinges glued and/or broken; otherwise the bindings are sound save for a slight nibble at the top of Volume I's cover. 6.25" x 3.75" Written by Marie Catherine Aulnoy (1650-1705). First published in 1716 (only three copies known of that date, according to WorldCat). Good.

Duncombe, GilesTrials per Pais: Or, The Law of England concerning Juries by Nisi Prius . . . With a Compleat Treatise of The Law of Evidence . . . Very Useful . . . for all Lawyers, Attornies, and other Practisers, especially at the Assizes. Eighth Edition. Two Volumes The first substantial treatise on the English jury and the English law of evidence, deservedly popular and published for over a century, with Duncombe's earlier published observations on trials in capital cases appended; one copy only in the UK. Modern black cloth, gilt, some light browning, but a sound set. Printed by H. Woodfall and W. Strahan . . . for T. Waller [etc.], London, 1766.

JONES, John?,A farther appeal to the unprejudiced judgment of mankind, 8vo., (2) + 79 + (1)pp., wanting the half-title, in later, but not recent, blue card covers with ms title in ink on upper cover. A very good copy from the Bibliotheca Lindesiana of James Lindsay, Earl of Crawford (1847-1913) with its armorial bookplate and shelf number.Publisher: London, A. Millar.Year: 1766Edition: First and only edition.

KELLY, HUGH.Thespis: or, a Critical Examination into the Merits of all the Principal Performers belonging to Drury-Lane Theatre. London: Printed for G. Kearsly, 1766. 4to, attractive later sprinkled boards with a manuscript title on the spine. Bound without the half-title and errata slip. An amusing 42-page satirical poem on the leading actors on the London stage of the day, written by a journalist and aspiring playwright, Hugh Kelly (1739-1777), who writes about specific plays, playwrights and performances, including Garrick (with whom Kelly would later become closely associated), Richard Yates, Nathaniel Lee, John Packer, William Powell, Mrs. Dancer and many others. Thespis was quite popular and went through subsequent editions, and there were at least two poetical responses published within the year. Paper a little browned; water-stain in the upper inner margin and lower outer margin; very good, large copy.

Anthony COLLINSâ€ŽDiscours sur la Liberté de Penser, par Mr. A. Collins. Traduit de l'Anglois & augmenté d'une Lettre d'un Médecin Arabe ; avec l'Examen de ces deux Ouvrages par Mr de Crouzas. Nouvelle Edition corrigée.â€Ž Edition collective. The first French edition of Speech Freedom of Thought was published in 1714; comments Crouzas them appeared in 1715. calf Full blond glossy speckled time, back smooth adorned with jewels 4. Part of title in red morocco, and volume number in black morocco. Net coaching Cold boards. Nice copy. English philosopher infant lights, its rationalist and materialist theories, both in the field of metaphysics that sense, earned him several exile in Holland paper; the titles of his works bear witness: Essay on the use of reason, Speech on the bases and the evidence of the Christian religion. The autonomy of reason is the condition of human freedom. --- Please note that the translation in english is done automatically, we apologize if the formulas are inaccurate. Contact us for any information! S.n. A Londres 1766 in-12 (10x16cm) XII, 168pp. et 211pp. 2 volumes reliés

BURR, Thomas Benge.The History of Tunbridge-Wells. London: M. Hingeston, J. Dodsley, T. Caslon; Tunbridge Wells: E. Baker, 1766. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.xii; 317; [7]. Bound in contemporary tan full calf, gilt titles on a morocco square to spine. Very attractive label of Tunbridge Wells bookseller and printer Jasper Sprange to front pastedown. Front free endpaper just starting, small (2mm) pinhole to page 77/78, some spotting to prelims, text-block generally clean and bright with only very mild spotting. A couple of inoffensive notes to front free endpaper. Spine and top portion of boards slightly sunned, some light general wear to the leather. All told a very good copy of this scarce work in a nicely aged period binding. The first history of Tunbridge Wells.

SALLE, Jean Baptiste de la.Les règles de la bien-seance et de la civilite' Chretienne. Divisées en deux parties. Pour l'instruction de la jeunesse. Rouen, François Oursel, 1729. 8vo. With ornamental woodcut on title-page. Main text in civilité type. Contemporary calf, gold-tooled spine. - WorldCat (1 copy); not in Carter & Vervliet; Heltzel, Courtesy books in the Newberry Library; cf. Gumuchian 1766 (ca. 1800 Rouen ed.); Oberlé, La Bibl. Bleue 422 (1774 Rouen ed.). Rare early Rouen edition, in civilité type, of a famous French courtesy book by La Salle (1651-1719), teaching not only good manners and politeness in society but good and balanced conduct in all things, out of respect to oneself, one's neighbour and God: modesty, respect, unity and charity, all dependent on the context of time, place and person and presented as "Christian Courtesy." It covers all imaginable bodily actions. Probably first printed in 1716, La Salle's courtesy book remained in use by the Christian Brothers until 1880.Binding slightly rubbed, spine slightly damaged; old ink notes in a child's hand on first endpaper; slightly stained and thumbed. In good condition.

KLIMIUS, Nicolaus [pseud. Baron Ludvig Holberg], 1684-1754; [Utopian Literature] Nicolai Klimii Iter Subterraneum Novam Telluris Theoriam Ac Historiam Quintae Monarchiae Adhuc Nobis Incognitae Exhibens e Bibliotheca B. Abelini Early Reprint Hafinae & Lipsiae [Copenhague Printed By Pelt, Friedrich Christian 1766 Small 8vo: [10],360pp, with portrait frontispiece, engraved title-page, folding map and six full-page plates engraved by Brühl (the 1741 first edition, published in Copenhagen, contained only 3 three plates in addition to the frontispiece). Contemporary dark brown mottled sheep, elaborately gilded spine sewn on five bands green and tan lettering pieces gilt, red paste-paper end papers, marbled edges. Spine rubbed with some loss of gilt, else an extremely pleasing and collectible copy of this satirical romance in the style of Gulliver's Travels by the father of Danish literature ("Holberg found Denmark with no books, and he wrote a library for her." Encyclopædia Britannica). Internally fine and bright with excellent plate impressions. Hoover 425. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1114. Gove, pp. 303-305; Stammhammer II, p. 171.Near Fine Fourth Edition, in Latin. This highly imaginative Swiftian journey to a fifth underground continent went through some 60 editions, was translated into many languages and ranks among the most popular novels of the 18th century. Among utopian works, only Gulliver's Travels was more popular. According to Lewis (Utopian Literature, p. 92), Niels Klim is the first important fictional use of the astronomer Edmond Haley's theory (suggested in a paper published by the Royal Society in 1692) that the planets form an arrangement of concentric spheres surrounding the sun with openings at the poles through which access to hidden worlds is possible. Note: With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, carefully preserved in archival, removable polypropylene sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed.